AGRI 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Public Health Emergency Of International Concern, Microcephaly, The Who
27 Feb 2019
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From the 1960s to 1980s, human infections were found across africa and. The first large outbreak of disease caused by zika infection was reported from the island of yap, federated states of micronesia in: the virus moved from south-east asia across the pacific. Prior to this there were only 14 cases worldwide, in this case 73% of the islands residents got zika. Wanted to see what was different - found a difference. During a 2013-14 outbreak in french polynesia, the neurological disorder guillain-barr syndrome was linked to zika infection. In south america, the first reports of locally transmitted infection came from. In july 2015 brazil reported an association between zika virus infection and. In october 2015 brazil reported an association between zika virus infection and microcephaly. For neither event was a causal link proven. January 2016 french polynesia reports retrospective data on its zika outbreak, which coincided with a dengue outbreak.
